whistling thrush
myophonus latin

Whistling thrushes are mostly seen in hilly areas except during winter when they may descend to streams near the plains.

Among thrushes, only the Blue Whistling Thrush typically attains a larger size.

The brighter blue patches found on the shoulders and sometimes the head, of whistling thrushes, uniquely for a passerine, reflect strongly in the ultraviolet.

Genus Myophonus: whistling thrushes (9 species)

Among the bird species found here are rubythroated bulbul, shama, Malabar whistling thrush and paradise flycatcher.

Malabar Whistling Thrush, Myophonus horsfieldii, a bird found in peninsular India.

For comparison, the Blue Whistling Thrush commonly weighs twice as much as an American Robin.

A bird species, the Javan Whistling Thrush (Myophonus glaucinus), nests in the plants branches.

The whistling thrushes comprise a genus Myophonus (Myiophoneus) of the thrush family Turdidae.

The Shiny Whistling Thrush (Myophonus melanurus) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.

Thakker, P S (1980) Malabar Whistling Thrush and Chestnutheaded Bee-eater.

Javan, Bornean and Brown-winged were formerly lumped as Sunda Whistling Thrush, but split by Collar (2004).

The Malabar Whistling Thrush, Uropeltid snakes and Pill millipedes which are otherwise known only from the Western Ghats ranges are also found here.

(1931) Notes on the Whistling School Boy or Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myiophoneus horsfieldi, Vigors).

The Blue Whistling Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) is a large blackbird-like thrush found along the Himalayas in South Asia and extending into Southeast Asia.

Anyway, most of us had our own binoculars, certainly more 'powerful', and we were rewarded by the sight of many birds too - Verditer Flycatchers, Rufous Sibias, and Himalayan Whistling Thrush, among others.

Other birds such as Kingfisher, Pipt, Asian Koel, Parakeet, Black kite, Falcon, Brahmini kite, Treepie, Black woodpecker, whistling thrush, Rock pigeon, Eagle etc. are seen almost wherever and whenever you pass by.

It is the first new bird to be discovered in Sri Lanka since 1868, when the Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush (then Ceylon Whistling Thrush) Myophonus blighi was discovered.

Some of the species found in Bhadra are grey junglefowl, red spurfowl, painted bush quail, emerald dove, southern green imperial pigeon, great black woodpecker, malabar parakeet and hill myna, also the ruby-throated bulbul, shama, malabar trogon, malabar whistling thrush, four species of hornbill and racquet-tailed drongo.

The Brown-winged Whistling Thrush (Myophonus castaneus), also known as the Sumatran Whistling Thrush or Chestnut-winged Whistling Thrush, is a passerine bird belonging to the whistling thrush genus Myophonus in the thrush family Turdidae.

Genus Myophonus: whistling thrushes (9 species)

Malabar Whistling Thrush, Myophonus horsfieldii, a bird found in peninsular India.

A bird species, the Javan Whistling Thrush (Myophonus glaucinus), nests in the plants branches.

The whistling thrushes comprise a genus Myophonus (Myiophoneus) of the thrush family Turdidae.

The Shiny Whistling Thrush (Myophonus melanurus) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.

The Blue Whistling Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) is a large blackbird-like thrush found along the Himalayas in South Asia and extending into Southeast Asia.

The Brown-winged Whistling Thrush (Myophonus castaneus), also known as the Sumatran Whistling Thrush or Chestnut-winged Whistling Thrush, is a passerine bird belonging to the whistling thrush genus Myophonus in the thrush family Turdidae.